Nine Heavens Divine Thunder had originally only nine bolts. Ten meant perfection; heaven evolved from forty-nine, with one escaping—the one that escaped was the sliver of life heaven and earth left for mankind.
Therefore, nine was ordinarily the ultimate number. Yet now, not only had the heavenly thunder failed to vanish, the thunder tribulation above grew ever denser, rapidly gathering all its power.
Dan Chenzi quickly noticed this as well, his face filled with astonishment.
"How could this be? Nine Heavens Thunder only has nine bolts. How could there be an extra one? Where is the vitality of the one that escaped?" Dan Chenzi muttered to himself.
Ye Tian frowned and spoke calmly. "Because the pill is too perfect, it has drawn heaven's jealousy. Things that are too perfect will be destroyed by it."
"Then... should we intervene?" Dan Chenzi asked.
Ye Tian shook his head slightly. "No need. If we intervene, it will provoke the heavenly tribulation's fury and bring down even greater heavenly punishment."
Dan Chenzi frowned as well. This batch of pills Ye Tian had refined was truly rare. He had even already spread the news, attracting quite a few powerful cultivators who wanted to come and see.
If the pills were destroyed beneath the heavenly tribulation, it would be utterly humiliating.
Of course, humiliation was secondary. The destruction of pills like these would be truly regrettable.
"I was careless. I did not set up an array. With an array's assistance, we might have been able to survive this trial." Ye Tian spoke.
Dan Chenzi swallowed. Even he had been tempted by these Enlightenment Pills. What level of pill could actually draw heaven's jealousy?
Even that being had never heard of such a thing happening.
If pill-refining lightning tribulations were rare, then ten bolts of perfect heavenly